Alzheimer's Disease

Miller Beach Arts and Creative District will host a Golf Outing Fundraiser Monday at Innsbrook Country Club, 6701 Taft St., Merrillville. Registration and lunch will be from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. followed by an 18-hole scramble at 12:30 p.m. A Cash bar and dinner reception will begin at 6 p.m. There will be a silent auction and live music. Tickets are $125, $50 for dinner only. Registration is at https://millerbeachartsgolf.eventbrite.com.

Because we live in a time of great stupidity, America finds itself embroiled in a fierce debate over whether a comedian and late-night television host should have an opinion on health care legislation.
Jimmy Kimmel spoke out this week against an...

An Elgin magician is reviving a magical comic character well-known to baby boomers and Gen Xers who grew up watching WGN-TV's "Bozo's Circus."
Tom Holbrook will make his debut as Wizzo the Wacky Wizard on Sunday at the Chicago Walk to End Alzheimer's...

As power of attorney, I am trying to recover surrender charges for a $250,000 annuity my now 77-year-old mother, who has Alzheimer's, contracted in 2013 with a life insurance company. The company is withholding $13,000 in surrender fees. In 2013, my...

Luke Austin came to Chicago in 1959 with the hope of becoming a professional football player.
When that didn’t work out, he called an audible and went into teaching.
That was a good thing for the thousands of kids Austin taught and coached for more...

The residents, along with some pets, of Belmont Village in Oak Park took to the runway Thursday afternoon to strut their stuff for a worthy cause.
During its third annual fashion show fundraiser, Belmont Village staff, residents and family members...

Ground has been broken on a new innovation and research park on Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science's North Chicago campus, a university spokeswoman said.
The research park will provide state-of-the-art labs and incubator space for...

Despite a growing list of debilitating symptoms during the final months of life, most seniors never receive end-of-life hospice care — or they delay doing so until their last few weeks of life, according to new research published in Journal of the...

After an illness or surgery, seniors have a growing number of options for follow-up treatment.
They can select from a wide array of fully-staffed rehabilitation and nursing facilities to provide around-the-clock care and services. Or seniors may choose...

My better self no longer watches football.
It goes for long walks on fall Saturday afternoons, putters in the yard on Sunday afternoons and, when games are on in prime time, it reads self-improvement books and performs calisthenics.
It has heard the...

Summit of Uptown, a senior living community in Park Ridge, will celebrate its grand re-opening Tuesday, Sept. 26, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. with a celebration for the entire community it has called home for more than 30 years. A ribbon cutting by the Park Ridge...

After a long career as a copywriter at several downtown advertising agencies, Richard "Dick" Cody put his way with words to a new use by teaching people about the city's colorful history.
Cody was for many years a volunteer docent at the Chicago...

Peter Hall, a visionary theater director and impresario who founded the Royal Shakespeare Company and helped build Britain's National Theatre into a producing powerhouse, has died. He was 86.
Hall died Monday at a London hospital surrounded by his...

These are some of the events happening around Naperville this week.
Small business lecture
A lecture for business owners to learn the basics of blogging will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13 at the Nichols Library, 200 W. Jefferson...

A mostly vegetarian diet may provide relief similar to widely used medications for people with acid reflux, a new study suggests.
The study looked at close to 200 patients at one medical center who had been diagnosed with laryngopharyngeal reflux.
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South Shore Line Bears home games schedule To accommodate Northwest Indiana residents traveling to Chicago Bears home games, some South Sore Line trains will make additional stops. For games on Sept. 24, Oct. 22, Nov. 12, Nov. 19, Dec. 3 and Dec....

A week after it opened its doors to pets displaced by the devastation Hurricane Harvey wreaked in Texas, an animal welfare organization in Chicago is helping similar groups in Florida deal with the expected impact of Hurricane Irma.
The Anti-Cruelty...

On Wednesday, September 13, The Birches Assisted Living in Clarendon Hills is hosting the first presentation in its three-part fall dementia education series. The presentation is titled "An Overview of Parkinson's Disease" and will be delivered by Dr....

Two weeks ago, after a 24-year-old man had his leg twisted in a horrible direction while working at a jobsite and was forced to be transported for medical attention, I sent an email to a work colleague.
"Football sucks so bad," I wrote. "And I can't stop...